Sentences with phrase «modified by the environment»

It appears that temperament is genetically based, but of course is then modified by the environment including the type of parenting.

«Epigenetics is a process by which a cell's DNA is chemically modified by the environment, to change gene expression.

Recent developmental neuroscience work suggests that because of its dependence on the maturation of prefrontal - limbic connections, the development of self - regulatory processes is relatively protracted, 24 from the development of basic and automatic regulation of physiology in infancy and toddlerhood to the more self - conscious and intentional regulation of cognition emerging in middle childhood.25 From a developmental perspective, then, opportunities for success and failure of self - regulation are numerous over the course of childhood, particularly given the potential of environmental factors such as parenting to facilitate or disrupt development in these domains.26 The next generation of temperament research will focus a great deal on the complex biological processes involved in these developmental pathways and the way these processes may be modified by the environment.

Temperament is manifest early in development, modifies and is modified by the environment, and is influential in behavioural adaptation.

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Eric Gall, IFOAM EU Policy Manager, added: «It is time for the European Commission to act in line with the precautionary principle to protect the environment and consumers by confirming that plants and animals genetically modified with new technologies will at least be regulated like existing GMOs, and be subject to rigorous risk assessment, traceability and labelling, which are cornerstones of EU environmental and food policies».

Let your tween select, modify, and create his or her own experiences and environments rather than relying on a one - size - fits - all approach that is presented by average behavior models.

Likewise though SC Res 733 (1992) imposed a general and complete embargo on all arms to Somalia it was implicitly modified by SC Res 794 (1992) which authorised the use of all necessary means to establish a secure environment for humanitarian relief since the embargo was not interpreted as applying to arms brought in by those implementing that mandate.

«By understanding how microbes work and modifying the environments where they function, we can eventually engineer microbial communities to enhance soil productivity.

As for releasing a synthetic organism into the environment — for example, a souped - up algae for energy production, which one ecologist worried could cause havoc — at least for now, the risks are not much different from those of more conventional genetically modified products, which are covered by existing rules, said science policy expert Michael Rodemeyer of the University of Virginia.

Both species are great ecosystems engineers, modifying their environments by cutting branches and entire tree trunks in order to build dams, canals and dens.

An example of this kind of coloring by light interference is found in nature: Squids can modify the nanostructure of their skin to mirror back their surrounding environment, creating a natural camouflage.

The ultimate keystone predator, humans alter their environments by eliminating species and modifying ecosystem structure and function, thereby contributing to extinction, altering evolution itself.

«We found that when we confused the bees» environment by modifying the gases present in the atmosphere, they spent more time foraging and would bring back less food, which would affect their colonies,» said Fuentes.

Preliminary findings of an investigational trial by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conducted in the Florida Keys region ruled that the genetically modified mosquitoes will not have a significant impact on the environment, effectively agreeing with an environmental assessment submitted by Oxitec.

-- After reviewing the report required by subsection (a), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in concurrence with the Secretary of Agriculture, may, by regulation and after public notice and comment, modify the non-Federal lands portion of the definition of «renewable biomass» in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 in order to advance the goals of increasing America's energy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollution.

Complex surface attributes, such as its topography and chemical properties, are not explored here but are expected to influence cluster sizes in some natural environments by increasing the complexity of fluid flow patterns, inducing short - range cell relocation and modifying the long - range relocation mechanism.

In addition to evolving through random mutations and natural selection, individual organisms themselves can influence how their species evolve, by choosing and modifying their environments.

• The Revised Ministerial Decision No 96287 / 1893/13 -12-1995 regulating the release into the environment of genetically modified organisms, which is the implementation of the EEC Directive 90 / 219 / EEC / 23.04.1990, as amended by the EC Directive 94 / 51 / EEC / 07.11.1994.

Solar Orbiter will look at particles, plasma and other items in an environment relatively close to the sun, before these things are modified by being transported across the solar system.

By giving every student direct access to digital instruction, student interests and readiness can be identified, instructional tools can be modified to each student's particular situation, and a personalized learning environment can be created, much as the 20th century reformer John Dewey had envisioned.

This nerve - wracking environment didn't discourage Subaru, however, who just announced a highly - modified WRX STI broke the course record by an astounding two minutes.

Intelligence Squared U.S. energy and environment debates shine a critical light on the most pressing issues spurred by climate change and 21st century environmental priorities, including clean energy, fracking, organic and genetically modified foods, and whether or not global warming poses an immediate threat.

From which we may deduce that an individual can be «modified» merely by the effect of environment, but that fresh characters will not be transmitted by heredity or will be transmitted only with difficulty and perhaps even then only because of some sustained environmental pressure repeatedly exerted upon a large number of generations.

When users enable root access on a Linux - based consumer electronics device — usually by exploiting a privilege escalation security vulnerability — they can make unauthorized changes to the software environment and modify it to add additional functionality.

Custom - modifying a Porsche 911's dash and center stack, QNX showed Electronista an interface very heavily inspired by the QNX - based BlackBerry PlayBook but tailored just to the environment of a car.

While much of temperament is hereditary, it is also influenced and modified by the individual dog's environment — which includes the actions of the owner in shaping the dog's behavior.

A shelter environment is a scary place, and can end up with a dog or cat displaying behavior issues that can be addressed or modified by moving into a sanctuary type environment.

The sensible and humane solution to undesirable scratching is to modify the cat's conduct by making changes in the environment and direct the cat's natural scratching behavior to an appropriate area (e.g., scratching post) rather than surgically altering the cat, thereby causing the animal pain, merely to fit the owner's lifestyle, aesthetics, or convenience.

By starting the vaccine series as early as possible, we will have done our best to protect them from infectious disease and the adopter's veterinarian can modify their future vaccination scheduling according to their new environment and lifestyle.

Once the reasons for the smelly behavior are identified, you should be able to stop it or at least reduce the occurrences by addressing the causes and modifying the environment.

Environmental enrichment can be defined as enhancing the health and welfare of captive animals by modifying their environment.1 While cats are not commonly considered to be captive animals, many cats (and dogs) in North America are housed exclusively indoors, effectively living in captivity much like zoo animals.

It is completely genetic in origin (dogs do not get HD unless they have sufficient bad genes) but the expression of those genes can be modified somewhat by environment, notably overnutrition but also exercise and weight.

- any LEGO character can be used in any setting, mixing all the I.P.s together - cutscene shows Gandalf's famous Balrog bridge scene, but Batman saves him from falling to his doom - those two and Wyldstyle wander through Wizard of Oz, Portal, and Scooby Doo environments - each character has his or her own power that can be used to deal with certain obstacles - Gandalf can use magic to rebuild something - Batman latches on to an object with a grappling gun - upgrade and modify vehicles by attaching and moving Lego pieces on the toys themselves - you can only use Chell's portal gun on specific spots marked out by the game

We believe that we made Darklings more enjoyable by adding a lot of content (environment setups, tactical boss fights, objectives and achievements), customization options, and modifying the gameplay mechanics.

His enormous archive of photographs, Making Do and Getting By (1974 onwards), captures the provisional ways in which people modify their local environment.

To summarize, a quarter century of careful assessment by risk - averse Europe has found no evidence of harm to the environment or health from genetically modified crops, yet environmental activists continue their anti-technology raids and rants.

The authors of the Science paper examined 94 distinct ecological processes across marine, fresh water, and terrestrial environments and found that 82 percent of them have been modified by the mere 1 ˚C of average global warming we have experienced so far.

While Indigenous peoples are generally depicted as victims of poverty and vulnerability to climate change, the document suggests that it would also be appropriate to emphasize their sensitivity to the environment, adaptive capacity and resilience, as manifested by their ability to modify their behaviour in response to changing climatic conditions.

-- After reviewing the report required by subsection (a), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in concurrence with the Secretary of Agriculture, may, by regulation and after public notice and comment, modify the non-Federal lands portion of the definition of «renewable biomass» in sections 211 (o)(1)(I) and 700 of the Clean Air Act in order to advance the goals of increasing America's energy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollution.

-- Based on the scientific review, the agencies may, by rule, modify the definition of «renewable biomass» from Federal lands in sections 211 (o)(1)(I) and 700 of the Clean Air Act and section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 as appropriate to advance the goals of increasing America's energy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollution.

-- After reviewing the report required by subsection (a), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in concurrence with the Secretary of Agriculture, may, by regulation and after public notice and comment, modify the non-Federal lands portion of the definition of «renewable biomass» in section 610 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 in order to advance the goals of increasing America's energy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollution.

It would be modified a bit by the fact that it only lasts a few minutes, which means the environment would not have had much time to thermally respond to its lowest temperature, so it would probably only be 3/4 or 1/2 the maximum day - night temperature difference.

We tried to modify as little as possible the environment by building the house on a slope, and thus reducing the land movements, foundation and generation of waste products.

These keywords will be modified by the type retail trade, the type of business in which the employer is engaged, and the business environment.

These included characteristics on multiple levels of the child's biopsychosocial context: (1) child factors: race / ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian / Pacific Islander / Alaska Native), age, gender, 9 - month Bayley Mental and Motor scores, birth weight (normal, moderately low, or very low), parent - rated child health (fair / poor vs good / very good / excellent), and hours per week in child care; (2) parent factors: maternal age, paternal age, SES (an ECLS - B — derived variable that includes maternal and paternal education, employment status, and income), maternal marital status (married, never married, separated / divorced / widowed), maternal general health (fair / poor versus good / very good / excellent), maternal depression (assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at 9 months and the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview at 2 years), prenatal use of tobacco and alcohol (any vs none), and violence against the mother; (3) household factors: single - parent household, number of siblings (0, 1, 2, or 3 +), language spoken at home (English vs non-English), neighborhood good for raising kids (excellent / very good, good, or fair / poor), household urbanicity (urban city, urban county, or rural), and modified Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment — Short Form (HOME - SF) score.

By watching caregivers model appropriate emotion regulation behaviors, discuss affective states, and modify their environments to alleviate negative affect, children internalize their histories of interactions with caregivers, and develop expectations and scripts for interactions in the parent - child dyad [45].